BARGAINS Synonyms: 108 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of bargain

as in deals

something bought or offered for sale at a desirable price those shoes were a bargain because the store was going out of business

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as in agreements

an arrangement about action to be taken made a bargain that one would help the other next week

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bargains

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verb

present tense third-person singular of bargain

as in negotiates

to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase they bargained with the car salesman for half an hour before settling on a price

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as in covenants

to come to an arrangement as to a course of action I really hadn't bargained on buying a whole case of Girl Scout cookies, just a couple of boxes

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as in arranges

to bring about through discussion and compromise bargained the price of the painting down to a figure that the artist could still live with

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Recent Examples of bargains

Noun

Friends of the Roswell Library Book Sale Stock your bookshelves with bargains — including $1 novels and nonfiction and 50-cent cookbooks — as your purchases benefit the Roswell Library. — Mary Caldwell, AJC.com, 28 July 2026 There are two unbelievable bargains hidden in the fine print of the Connecticut Pizza & Brew Fest to take place August 2 at Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater in Bridgeport. — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026 There are only two days left before the BOGO bargains wrap up at Abercrombie. — Camila Quimper, Footwear News, 24 July 2026 In July 2013, all five defendants agreed to plea bargains and received various sentences. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026 But by one measure, at least, the megacaps are starting to look like bargains. — Sarah Min, CNBC, 8 July 2026 At 40 percent off, the Hoka Bondi 8 Caged Sneakers are one of the biggest bargains on this list. — Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2026 Home prices in the nation are falling, making way for potential bargains—but only the wealthiest foreigners can afford to move there. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 2 July 2026 If this sounds like you, here’s some advice for snagging last-minute bargains. — Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Verb

The union usually bargains in the same year as performers’ union SAG-AFTRA and directors’ union the Directors Guild of America. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 6 Apr. 2026 One potential—though untested—workaround would be for conferences, which are private entities, to serve as a joint employer that bargains with a players’ union. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 Mar. 2026 In this Gothic fantasy debut, Leena Al-Sayer bargains her ability to see the dead in order to pay for the expensive medicine her brother Rami needs to live. — Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026 One of the best Cyber Monday bargains out there is this incredible OLED portable from Asus, which is crammed with high-end silicon for peak performance on all of today's top titles. — PC Magazine, 30 Nov. 2025 The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which bargains on behalf of the studios, congratulated Mulroney on her election. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 23 Sep. 2025 Oscar nominee and Lord of the Rings alum Astin will have quite the task ahead of them at the top of next year as SAG-AFTRA returns to the negotiating table with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which collectively bargains on behalf of the major Hollywood studios. — Katie Campione, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025 Miami bargains Despite sporting baseball’s lowest payroll, the Miami Marlins have outperformed the league’s highest-spending teams this summer. — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bargains

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There have also been growing concerns that AI companies are propping each other up through a web of funding deals, with Nvidia at the heart of those worries.

— Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
That single habit, repeated across thousands of deals, is the real reason influencer rates keep climbing.

— Chris Ryan, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026

Definition of deals

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Reddit cheers; SerpApi prepares to fight If Reddit wins the fight, the popular online discussion forum could be in a better position to force all AI scrapers to enter into licensing agreements.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026
France’s film industry also negotiated separate agreements with individual streamers governing both their cinema investment commitments and their place in the country’s windowing system.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 31 July 2026

Definition of agreements

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Cusick and Kretschmann offer complementary chords of variable petulance and insecurity, as newcomer Cuoso ably negotiates her character’s shifting ambiguities.

— Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 July 2026
The federal government also negotiates directly with pharmaceutical companies to lower the prices of some of the most expensive drugs in Medicare, through a program created by Congress in 2022.

— Ali Swenson, Fortune, 31 July 2026

Definition of negotiates

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Small had 50 assists against just 13 turnovers in his eight summer-league games, swiped a dozen steals and even blocked three shots.

— John Hollinger, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Jones started the next year with the Braves technically still a rookie, and would finish as the fifth-place National League Rookie of the Year with 18 home runs, 70 RBIs and 20 steals.

— Irene Wright, USA Today, 20 July 2026

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In such a scenario that is appearing highly likely, many clean energy pacts and pledges may well be broken by major tech brands out of necessity.

— Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
But that framework would be governed by the two countries themselves, instead of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which conventionally oversees nuclear pacts.

— Chris Boccia, ABC News, 22 July 2026

Definition of pacts

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This means that immunity against other threats such as the common cold, flu or coronavirus can disappear if a person contracts measles without any existing immunity.

— Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2026
On Friday, an employee of the Geo Group, which contracts with ICE, shot a protestor outside the Aurora immigration detention center.

— Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 20 July 2026